North Korea warns Britain will be ‘made to pay the price’ for putting two of its state ministries on sanctions list A North Korean official said they ‘strongly condemn and reject the UK’s daring to impose sanctions’ Dominic Raab announced sanctions against those accused of human rights abuses Sanctions are on four nations: Russia, Saudi … Read more
Dominic Raab today warned despots, dictators and their henchmen they will no longer be able to buy property in the UK or ‘siphon dirty money through British banks’ as he unveiled the Government’s new sanctions regime. Before Brexit the UK usually acted alongside the European Union or the United Nations when imposing sanctions on individuals … Read more
North Korea criticised Donald Trump in a stinging denunciation of the United States on Friday, the second anniversary of a landmark summit in Singapore where the US president shook hands with leader Kim Jong Un. It was the latest in a series of vitriolic statements from Pyongyang aimed at both Washington and Seoul, and came … Read more
Standard Chartered fined £20m for breaching sanctions against Russia By Helen Cahill, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:56 BST, 4 April 2020 | Updated: 23:09 BST, 4 April 2020 Standard Chartered has been fined £20 million for breaching sanctions against Russia. The British bank handed out 21 loans worth close to £100 million to the … Read more